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All pilots and crews were taken on to Europe where they were given receptions in London and Paris. They returned to the United States on the steamship [[underlined]]Zepplin[[/underlined]], arriving in New York on June 26th where they received a tumultuous welcome. On June 30th they were welcomed in Washington, D.C. by the President and the Navy Department. On July 10th they were honored by a dinner and large reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York as the guests of Glenn Curtiss, where all received medals from the Aero Club of America and the Aerial League.
     Following the NC project McCulloch returned to his former position with Trans-Oceanic and, with Wanamaker backing, started buying up some Navy surplus flying boats, including some large H-16 type plans powered by two Liberty engines, for their future operations. He converted these for passenger use and fitted them out for luxury travel. For a time these operations were carried on at the Port Washington Base on Long Island, then that fall were moved to Florida for the winter. In this way a year-round business was carried on. In December McCulloch flew a Wanamaker millinery expert and her trunks of samples from Palm Beach to Havana, Cuba, for a fashion show. On December 31st he competed for the 1919 Curtiss Marine Trophy by flying a 3-passenger Curtiss flying boat on a series of round-trips between Palm Beach and Miami, covering 670 miles.
     At that time they were advertising "Instruction and Passenger Work, Charter Flights and Agents for Curtiss Products" and were rapidly building up a good business flying resort passengers from Palm Beach to Nassau, Bimini, the Bahamas, Key West, and Havana, Cuba. This was probably the first scheduled and advertised airline flying passengers from the United States to any foreign port. Trans-Oceanic had hangars and shops at Palm Beach and flew on a regular schedule, with Early Birds George Page, Jr. and Clifford Webster also piloting for the firm.
     In mid-February, McCulloch had a forced landing 30 miles at sea